Cows Pump Water For Selves
With The, Aid Of Pasture Pump
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'■What do you the' is-a device called a pasture
spring goes dry iu -th,e cow pump which will lift water up The old windmill which once
pasture and the milk company to 30 feet in height and draw pumped water from the well
says' the cows may not wade it 300 feet from a stream or had long since rusted away
•m the farm''pond?'" pond. 'But the important fea-' an( j become useless, but the
, Several'farmers around \Vil-- ture is the motive force wa ter was stilt cool and pure,
low Street have found -at least The cow pumps the water when a local representative
one answer this summer. They when she wants it and in the' . fapmcr mnnerativp Wii
«t «.e cows pump .holt own- .mount site wants. 1
water from the pond, or, in Ross Frey, Willow Street a pasture pump, Frey agreed,
the case of one* farmer, from ri, found his spring drying up b ut “only until the spring
a shallow well. ‘ during the drought period. He cam e back ”
The solution to the problem faced the alternatives of bring-
HERE IS A PICTURE OF A COW PUMPING WATER for herself. Fence
encloses an old well with a worn out windmill standing lonely guard The
water was fresh and pure, but the windmill long ago became useless. When the
spring in the pasture went dry, Ross Frey installed a Pasture Pump for his Guern
seys. They now serve themselves with cool, fresh water whenever they are
thirsty. L F. Photo
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Manufactured by
ing his herd of Guernseys to
the barn for water and there
by threaenting his domeVuo
supply, or finding some way to
utilize the old shallow well in
the pasture.
PHONE EL 4-8721
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 20, 1962
The spring is still dry, and
the pump is working perfect,
Frey says It took some per
suading and a little training
before all the cows weie push
ing the plunger back and forth
to pump cool, fresh water into
the bowl, but within a week,
milk production was back up
to normal, and the cows have
been using the pump ever
since, Frey reports.
One farmer in the area re
ports he has carried water to
his pigs on pasture for years.
This year he installed a past
ure pump and now lifts the
water out of a creek about
200 feet away, and the pork-
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ers have a steady supply for
the pumping.
Scott says the device is
idea for the dairyman who
has a farm pond and no con
\cnient way to get the water
out to the cows All that is
needed is the pump and en
ough hose to reach the watei.
The cow's supply all the power
and they appear to do it eag
erly
Other Pit tint's
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The pumps is not a new
idea, says Scott, but as tai as
he Knows, theie aie teiy
few in the county.
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